Padma Purana · Chapter 6.198

kumārā ūcuḥ-
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmaḥ saptāhaśravaṇe vidhim /
yena bhāgavataṃ siddhyetpuṃsāṃ kṛṣṇārpitātmanām

daivajñaṃ śāstrakuśalaṃ samāhūya dhanāṃśukaiḥ /
samabhyarcya muhūrtaṃ tu prākpṛcchedbhaktimānnaraḥ

sa vadedyaṃ muhūrtaṃ tu tatrāraṃbhaḥ praśasyate /
nabhonabhasyeṣorjāśca sahaḥ śucisamanvitāḥ

māsāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kathāraṃbhe pūrṇā cāpi tithiḥ śubhā /
bhaumārkivarjitā vārā bhāni dhruva mṛdūni ca

śubhe yoge śubhe lagne prāraṃbhaḥ śasyate sadā /
nityāyāṃ ca kathāyāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ munīśvara

dvādaśīṃ varjayetprājñaḥ sūtasūtakasaṃbhavāt /
śrīmadbhāgavatasyāpi saptāhenaiva ke'pi ca

na niṣedhosti devarṣe prāhurevaṃ purāvidaḥ /
śrībhāgavatasaptāho mahāyajñaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ

ato nimaṃtraṇaṃ kāryaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ samaṃtataḥ /
satāṃ samājo bhavitā saptāhaṃ vaiṣṇavottamāḥ

āgaṃtavyamataścātra vaiṣṇavaiḥ śravaṇārthibhiḥ /
samāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ tu nivāsaṃ parikalpayet

tīrthe vāpi vane vāpi grāme vāpi prayatnataḥ /
saṃśodhitāyāṃ bhūmyāṃ tu maṃḍapaṃ parikalpayet

kadalīstaṃbhasaṃyuktaṃ caturdikṣu dhvajānvitam /
uccamāsanamapyuktaṃ vaktustasyāgrato mune

āpārśvadvayamuktāni śrotṝṇāmāsanāni ca /
udaṅmukho bhavedvaktā samājesminvidāṃvaraḥ

vedaśāstrārthatatvajño vaiṣṇavo brāhmaṇottamaḥ /
dṛṣṭāṃtakuśalo dhīro vaktā kāryo'tinispṛhaḥ

sarvasaṃdehaharttāpi kāryo vaktā na caiva hi /
vaktuḥ pārśve sahāyārthaṃ sthāpyo'nya paṃḍitaḥ sudhīḥ

śrotṝṇāṃ saṃśayacchettā jñānāṃbodhavidhāyakaḥ /
kathāvighnavighātārthaṃ gaṇeśaṃ prākprapūjayet

tato durgāṃ haraṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmāṇaṃ bhāskaraṃ dvijān /
saṃpūjya vidhivadbhaktyā tarpayeddevatāḥ pitṝn

mukhyaḥ śrotā tataḥ paścātpūjayetpustake harim /
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya dravyavastraphalāni ca

dhṛtvāṃjalau pustakasthaṃ hariṃ saṃprārthayenmune /
tvaṃ bhāgavatalokesminsvayaṃ kṛṣṇo vyavasthitaḥ

samāśrito mayā nātha muktyarthaṃ bhavasāgare /
manoratho madīyo'yaṃ sarvathā saphalastvayā

nirvighnena prakartavyo dāso'haṃ tava keśava /
ityuccārya mune dravyaṃ pustakāgre samarpyatu

vaktāraṃ prārthayeccāpi namaskurvankṛtāṃjali /
śukarūpadvijaśreṣṭha sarvaśāstraviśārada

śrībhāgavatavyākhyānādajñānaṃ me vināśaya /
iti saṃprārthya vaktāraṃ varayetpaṃca vāḍavān

dvādaśākṣaramaṃtrasya japārthaṃ munisattama /
gītavādyavidhijñāṃśca saṃpūjyārthāṃśukādibhiḥ

sthāpayetkīrtanārthaṃ tu kathāṃte vidhivanmune /
yastu jāyā dhanāgāra putraciṃtāṃ vyudasya ca

śṛṇuyādekacittastu sa samagraṃ phalaṃ labhet /
sūryodayaṃ samārabhya sārddhatripraharāṃtakam

paṭhitvārthaḥ prakarttavyo vākyamadhyāyameva vā /
madhyāhne ghaṭikāyugmaṃ viramedapi nārada

kathā'vasāne karttavyaṃ kīrtanaṃ keśavasya ca /
upavāsaḥ prakarttavyaḥ śrotṛbhistatphalepsubhiḥ

tadaśakto haviṣyānnaṃ sakṛtsvalpaṃ samāharet /
jalenāpi phalenāpi dugdhena ca ghṛtena vā

kevalenaiva karttavyaṃ nirvighnaṃ dhāraṇaṃ tanoḥ /
saptāhavratināṃ puṃsāṃ niyamānśṛṇu nārada

viṣṇudīkṣāvihīnānāṃ nādhikāro'tra kīrtitaḥ /
brahmacaryamadhaḥ suptiḥ patrāvalyāṃ ca bhojanam

samācarennityameva saptāhe munisattama /
dvidalaṃ madhu tailaṃ ca parānnaṃ cekṣujaṃ rasam

bhāvaduṣṭaṃ kriyāduṣṭaṃ jahyātparyuṣitaṃ vratī /
palāṃḍulaśunaṃ hiṃguṃ mūlakaṃ gṛṃjanaṃ tathā

nālikāṃ caiva kūṣmāṃḍaṃ naro nādyātkathāvratī /
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ madaṃ lobhaṃ daṃbhaṃ mātsaryameva ca

mohaṃ dveṣaṃ tathā hiṃsāṃ naiva kuryātkathāvratī

vedavaiṣṇavaviprāṇāṃ guru govratināṃ tathā /
strī rājamahatāṃ cāpi niṃdāṃ jahyātkathāvratī

satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayāmaunamārjavaṃ vinayaṃ tathā /
manaḥ prasannatāṃ cāpi budhaḥ kuryātkathāvratī

śrīkāmastanayārthī ca jayakāmaśca mokṣadhīḥ /
śṛṇuyādvai bhāgavataṃ niṣkāmaḥ śrīhariṃ labhet

saptame divase kuryāllaṃghanaṃ tatsamāptike /
vaktuśca pūjā karttavyā gobhūsvargaṃ varādibhiḥ

prasāda tulasīṃ mālāṃ śrotṛbhyaḥ pratidāpayet /
utsavaśca tathā kāryo gītavādyaviśāradaiḥ

gītārthaṃ śṛṇuyāccāpi pare'hani vicakṣaṇaḥ /
pratiślokaṃ ca juhuyādgāyatryā vā yathāvidhi

pāyasaṃ madhusarpiśca tilāṃstaṃḍulakānyavān /
śarkarāṃ ca priyālaṃ ca drākṣāṃ vātāma kharjurau

aṃbhojāni ca karpūraṃ caṃdanāguruṇīpuram /
lavaṃgaṃ bilvapatrāṇi sahasraṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak

vighnasya ca vighātārthaṃ nyūnādhikyanivṛttaye /
ātmanaḥ pūtatārthaṃ ca paṭhennāmasahasrakam

dvādaśāṣṭādaśāthāpi śraddhayāhyadhikāṃstathā /
pāyasenāśayedviprānsvarṇaṃ dhenuśca dakṣiṇā

vratasiddhyarthamapyatra prauṣṭhapadyāmathāpi vā /
svarṇasiṃhaṃ vinirmāya tasya pṛṣṭhe nidhāya ca

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ vaktre lekhayitvā samarpayet /
evaṃ kṛte vidhāne tu sarvapāpanivāraṇam

bhavecchrotuḥ suphaladaṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ śrutam /
dharmakāmārthamokṣāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ bhaktidāyakam

na kāryaṃ vidyate loke yadanena na sidhyati /
tato bhāgavataṃ loke purāṇebhyo'dhikaṃ matam

doṣāṣṭādaśanirmukto vācakaḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
dvātriṃśadaparādhairhi mukto śrotā mato budhaiḥ

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ kāmadaṃ nṛṇām /
tathāpi śravaṇaṃ cāsya niṣkāmasyaiva bhaktidam

śrīmadbhāgavatābhidhaḥ suratarustārāṃkuraḥ sajjaniḥ skaṃdhairdvādaśabhistataḥ pravilasadbhaktyālavālodayaḥ /
dvātriṃśattriśataṃ ca yasya vilasacchākhāḥ sahasrāṇyalaṃ parṇānyaṣṭadaśeṣṭadotisulabho varvarti sarvopari

iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ cāpi tavepsitam /
jñānavairāgyabhaktīnāṃ tāruṇyaṃ lokamokṣadam

sūta uvāca-
ityuktā te kumārāstu kṛṣṇāṃghrisudhayāplutāḥ /
viremurbhagavadbhaktā dīnoddharaṇatatparāḥ

tadvākyaṃ tu samākarṇya nārado bhagavatpriyaḥ /
premagadgadayā vācā tānuvāca kṛtāṃjaliḥ

nārada uvāca-
dhanyosmyanugṛhītosmi bhavadbhiḥ karuṇāparaiḥ /
yadbhāgavatasaptāhānnikaṭe darśito hariḥ

evaṃ bruvati vai tasminnārade vaiṣṇavottame /
paryaṭaṃstaṃ samāyātastatra yogeśvaraḥ śukaḥ

dviraṣṭavarṣākṛtiraṃbujākṣo vyāsātmajo jñānapayodhicaṃdraḥ/
kathāvasāne nijalābhatuṣṭo hṛdāniśaṃ bhāgavataṃ paṭhaṃśca

dṛṣṭvā sadasyāstamathorutejasaṃsadyaḥsamutthāya varāsanaṃ daduḥ /
sa copaviṣṭaḥ sukhamāsane yadā tadāvirāsīddharirabjalocanaḥ

bhavo bhavānyā kamalāsanaḥ sutaistatrāgataḥ kīrtanadarśanāya ca /
sureśamukhyāstridaśā vimānakaiḥ samāgatāstairabhavadvṛtaṃ nabhaḥ

prahlādastāladhārītaralagatitayā hyuddhavaḥ kāṃsyadhārī vīṇādhārī surarṣiḥ svarakuśalatayā rāgakartā'rjuno'bhūt /
iṃdro mārdaṃgiko'bhūjjayajaya suvacaḥ prāvadaṃste kumārāḥ sadbhāvasya pravaktā niratiśayaguṇovyāsaputro babhūva

nanartta madhye trikameva tatra jñānādikānāṃ navarūpayuktam /
alaukikaṃ kīrttanakaṃ samīkṣya prasannacetā harirityuvāca

matto varaṃ bhāgavatā vṛṇīdhvaṃ prītātkathākīrttanato bhṛśaṃ vaḥ/
śrutvātha tadvākyamatiprasannā premārdracittā harimūcire te

kumārā ūcuḥ-
saptāhayajñena vitāyatena sadyaḥ prasanno bhavitā murāre /
kalauyuge ghoratare narāṇāṃ svalpāyuṣāṃ vighnaśatākulānām

evaṃ varaṃ viśvavidhānapālanapraṇāśahetorbhavatokhilātmanaḥ /
vṛṇīmahe'nyo na manoratho vibho bhavatpadāṃbhojaniṣeviṇāṃ hi naḥ

evamastviti caivoktvā tatraivāṃtardadhe hariḥ /
nāradaḥ suprasannātmā kumārānabhyavādayat

tataste sanakādyāśca bhṛgvādyāśca śukādayaḥ /
prayayuḥ svāśramānhṛṣṭāḥ pītvā tacca kathāmṛtam

bhaktiḥ sutābhyāṃ sahitā nāradena pravartitā /
bhūmaṃḍale samaste'smistadā prabhṛti śaunaka

śiva uvāca-
ākhyānaṃ mahadākarṇya prītātmā śaunakaḥ priye /
paryapṛcchatpunaḥ sūtaṃ sarvasaṃdehabhaṃjanam

śaunaka uvāca-/
śukenoktaṃ kadā rājñe gokarṇena kadā punaḥ /
surarṣaye kadā brāhmairetadākhyāhi mānada

sūta uvāca-
śrīkṛṣṇanirgamāttriṃśadvarṣāvadhigate kalau /
bhādraśuklanavamyāṃ vai kathāraṃbhaṃ śuko'karot

parīkṣicchravaṇāṃte tu gate varṣaśatadvaye /
śuciśuklanavamyāṃ tu gokarṇokathayatkathām

kalau sahasramabdānāmadhunā pragataṃ dvija /
parīkṣito janmakālātsamāptiṃ nīyatāṃ makhaḥ

īśvara uvāca-
iti śrutvā vacastasya śaunako munisattamaḥ /
pūrṇaṃ cakāra taṃ yajñaṃ sahasraparivatsaram

brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ ca vāmanam /
vārāhaṃ brahmavaivarttanāradīyaṃ bhaviṣyakam

āgneyamarddhaṃ vai sūtācchuśruvurlomaharṣaṇāt /
etāni tu purāṇāni dvāparāṃte śrutāni hi

śaunakādyairmunivarairyajñāraṃbhātpuraiva hi /
yadā tu tīrthayātrāyāṃ valadevaḥ samāgataḥ

naimiṣaṃ miśrikaṃ nāma samāhūto munīśvaraiḥ /
tatra sūtaṃ samāsīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvadhyāsanopari

cukṣubhe bhagavānrāmaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ /
āṣāḍhaśukladvādaśyāṃ pāraṇāhani pārvati

pūrvārddhayāmavelāyāṃ bhāvitvātkṛṣṇamāyayā /
mugdho darbhakaro rāmaḥ prāharallomaharṣaṇam

tato munigaṇāḥ sarve hāhākāraparāyaṇāḥ /
babhūvurnagajetyarthaṃ śokaduḥkhākulāṃtarāḥ

ūcuśca rāmaṃ lokeśaṃ vinayena kṣamāparāḥ /
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-
rāmarāma mahābāho bhavatā lokakāriṇā

ajānatevācaritā hiṃsā brahmavadhādhikā /
vyāsaśiṣyo hyayaṃ sākṣātpurāṇarṣirmahātapāḥ

asmai hyadhyāsanaṃ dattamasmābhiryajñakarmaṇi /
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vācakāya kṛtakṣaṇaiḥ

kathāyāṃ jagadīśasya dīrghamāyuśca mānada /
tadbhavāṃllokarakṣārthaṃ dharmasetupravartakaḥ

āvirbhūto jagannātho nigrahānugrahakṣamaḥ /
ityuktvā munayaste tu baladevāgrataḥ priye

tūṣṇīṃ babhūvuḥ sahasā smaraṃto niyaterbalam /
tataḥ provāca bhagavānrāmaḥ śatruniṣūdanaḥ

viprānsaṃprīṇayaṃstāṃstu lokavedapathānugaḥ /
śrīrāma uvāca-
viprāḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ kopaṃ tyaktvā sudūrataḥ

yadahaṃ vedmi bhavatāmabhīṣṭaṃ kāryasiddhidam /
asya putro mahājñānī bhaviṣyati varānmama

bhavatāmīpsitaṃ sarvaṃ śāstraṃ vai kathayiṣyati /
yadarthamahamāhūtastacca kāryyaṃ samucyatām

īśvara uvāca-
iti śrutvā vacaste tu rāmasya sumahātmanaḥ /
balvalasya vadhārthāya prerayāmāsurīśvaram

tataḥ sa balvalaṃ hatvā prasādya munipuṃgavān /
praṇipatyābhyanujñātastīrthayātrāmupāgamat

tīrthayātrāṃ gate rāme śaunakādyā munīśvarāḥ /
laumaharṣaṇimāhūya satkṛtya naganaṃdini

tatpade sthāpayāmāsuḥ śeṣaṃ saṃkīrtanāya vai /
āgneyottaramāhātmyaṃ śrīmadbhāgavatāṃtakam

purāṇasaptakaṃ sārddhaṃ śuśruvurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ /
daśasaptapurāṇāni kṛtvā satyavatīsutaḥ

nāptavānmanasastoṣaṃ bhāratenāpi bhāmini /
jñātvāsya hṛdayaṃ khinnaṃ nārado devadarśanaḥ

samājagāma bhagavānvyāsasyāśramamuttamam /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsavīsūnuḥ satkṛtyāsanapūrvakam

nāradaṃ pūjayāmāsa vidhidṛṣṭenakarmaṇā /
atha taṃ nāradaḥ prāha kiṃ bhavānkliṣṭamānasaḥ

dhyāyate tatsamācakṣva sarvaṃ saṃdehakāraṇam /
iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa muninā parāśara suto'bravīt

brahmankiṃ kāraṇaṃ ceto mohe jāne na tattvaham /
bhavānvijñānakuśalo jñātvā tatprabravītu me

evaṃ vijñāpitastena nārado'dhyātmakovidaḥ /
uvāca paramaṃ tatvaṃ yaduktaṃ vidhinātmane

nārada uvāca-
śṛṇu pārāśare mattaḥ kāraṇaṃ yena vai tava /
asaṃpannaṃ mano bhāti śāstrayonerapi prabhoḥ

tvayāvatīrya lokesminvedā vyastā vibhāgaśaḥ /
kṛtāni ca purāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha

yatra sarvastrayī dharmo varṇāśramanivāsinām /
nirdiṣṭo vīkṣya kālena nṛṇāmalpāyuṣāṃ kalau

yatrādhikāraḥ sarveṣāṃ dṛśyate śravaṇādiṣu /
strī śūdra dvijabaṃdhūnāṃ sādhūnāṃ sādhusaṃgamaḥ

dharmādayo yathāśaśvadvarṇitāsteṣu vai tvayā /
prādhānyena tathā naiva varṇito mahimā hareḥ /
sarvadharmakriyāśūnye kalau doṣanidhau mune

na gatiḥ pāpakartṝṇāṃ vinā kṛṣṇakathā'mṛtam /
eṣa eva guṇo hyasminghore kaliyuge narāḥ

yatkṛṣṇakīrtanenaiva mucyaṃte karmabaṃdhanāt /
yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ karma jñānaṃ dhyānaṃ kṛtādiṣu

siddhidaṃ ca tathā brahmannāmakīrttanakaṃ kalau /
ato vai kalijātānāmuddhārārthaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavān

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ varṇayatvalam /
yena pravartitenāṃga bhavato mānasaṃ dhruvam

toṣameṣyati lokāśca prāpsyaṃti kṛtakṛtyatām

īśvara uvāca-
evamādiśya sa munirvyāsāyāmitatejase /
yayau yādṛcchikaḥ śaśvadgāyanhariguṇānpriye

nārade tu gate paścādvyāsaḥ sarvārthadarśanaḥ /
cakāra saṃhitāmetāṃ śrīmadbhāvatīṃ parām

pailādīṃścaturo vedānadhyāpya vidhipūrvakam /
purāṇasaṃhitāḥ sarvāḥ sūtāya pratyapādayat

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasaṃmitam /
śukamadhyāpayāmāsa virataṃ lokavedataḥ

sā saṃhitā bhāgavatī lomaharṣaṇasūnunā /
śrutā kathayato rājñe auttareyāya vai śukāt

śaunakādiṛṣibhyastu tena proktā yathārthataḥ /
varīvartti purāṇānāmuparīyaṃ nagātmane

asyāṃ saṃlagnacittānāṃ nṛṇāmanyatra no ratiḥ /
jāyate mānase kṛṣṇo naṃdasūnuścakāsti ca

yattu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadre lokanistārahetave /
śrībhāgavatamāhātmyaṃ mahyaṃ saṃkīrttayeti ha

tatsarvaṃ ca mayā tubhyaṃ nirdiṣṭaṃ gaṇapāṃbike /
nānetihāsasahitaṃ bhaktimuktipradāyakam

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ paṭhate'pi ca /
anumodanena vā sopi labhate paramāṃ gatim

dvijo'dhītyāpnuyādvedānkṣatriyastu labhejjayam /
dhanaṃ vaiśyastathāśūdraḥ śrutvaiva labhate gatim

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmye aṣṭanavatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ